Kolkata panchang, 12 May 2026
Sunrise 04:58 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 01:29 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:58 to 18:07- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:36 – 08:29
- Yamaganda 08:15 – 09:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:59
- Gulika Kalam 11:33 – 13:11
- Rahu Kalam 14:50 – 16:28
- 14:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 14:52 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:07 to 04:58 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 03:31 – 04:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:25 Moon enters Pisces
- 23:19 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 01:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 02:17 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 14:52
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 01:17 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 23:19
- Karana Vishti until 14:52, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 14:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 14:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:25 Moon enters Pisces
- 23:19 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 01:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 02:17 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 01:04 – 23:19
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:15 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:36 – 08:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:15 – 09:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 13:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:28
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 23:19 – 00:31 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:58 – 01:17 next day
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 03:31 – 04:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:06 – 11:59
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:07 – 20:17
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:17 – 04:58 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 01:17 – 04:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 04:58 – 06:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:37 – 08:15 | Bad |
| Char | 08:15 – 09:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:54 – 11:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:33 – 13:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:11 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:50 – 16:28 | Good |
| Rog | 16:28 – 18:07 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:07 – 19:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:28 – 20:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:49 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:11 – 23:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:32 – 00:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:54 – 02:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:15 – 03:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:37 – 04:58 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 04:58 NowMars
- 06:04 NowSun
- 07:10 NowVenus
- 08:15 NowMercury
- 09:21 NowMoon
- 10:27 NowSaturn
- 11:33 NowJupiter
- 12:38 NowMars
- 13:44 NowSun
- 14:50 NowVenus
- 15:55 NowMercury
- 17:01 NowMoon
- 18:07 NowSaturn
- 19:01 NowJupiter
- 19:55 NowMars
- 20:49 NowSun
- 21:44 NowVenus
- 22:38 NowMercury
- 23:32 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSaturn
- 01:21 NowJupiter
- 02:15 NowMars
- 03:09 NowSun
- 04:04 NowVenus
- 04:58 NowMars
- 05:58 NowSun
- 06:58 NowVenus
- 07:58 NowMercury
- 08:58 NowMoon
- 09:58 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 11:58 NowMars
- 12:58 NowSun
- 13:58 NowVenus
- 14:58 NowMercury
- 15:58 NowMoon
- 16:58 NowSaturn
- 17:58 NowJupiter
- 18:58 NowMars
- 19:58 NowSun
- 20:58 NowVenus
- 21:58 NowMercury
- 22:58 NowMoon
- 23:58 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:58 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 02:58 NowSun
- 03:58 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:31 – 05:12 Aries
- 05:12 – 07:10 Taurus
- 07:10 – 09:24 Gemini
- 09:24 – 11:39 Cancer
- 11:39 – 13:51 Leo
- 13:51 – 16:01 Virgo
- 16:01 – 18:15 Libra
- 18:15 – 20:31 Scorpio
- 20:31 – 22:36 Sagittarius
- 22:36 – 00:23 next day Capricorn
- 00:23 – 01:56 next day Aquarius
- 01:56 – 03:27 next day Pisces
- 03:27 – 04:58 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method